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Systematic Quant Intern – PhD (Summer 2027)

A summer 2027 PhD internship in the Strategic Alpha Research team at Man Systematic, which develops equity strategies. The intern works across the research lifecycle from data to portfolio construction.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Source and clean new datasets that might hold alpha
Build and test predictive signals with statistical and ML methods
Study trading cost, risk model and optimisation questions
Present results to the team and share ideas with fixed income and macro researchers

What they ask for

Required

PhD in computer science, statistics, maths, finance or economics
Grounding in econometrics or statistics for empirical research
Python programming
Handling large, messy datasets
Clear communication of complex ideas
Original research track record

Preferred

Prior investment experience
ML or LLM modelling experience

Education: PhD in a quantitative field such as CS, statistics, maths or economics
Experience: Students; prior investment or ML modelling experience desirable
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Replicate a published equity factor or signal with proper out-of-sample testing
Read about transaction costs and portfolio optimisation
Practise cleaning and joining alternative datasets
Prepare a short research talk on a project

What to study

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